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Sticherus tener (Gleicheniaceae)

Sticherus tener (silky fan fern) is a common native groundfern that grows along watercourses in and near rainforest throughout Tasmania. It has the typical Sticherus foliage, which is repeatedly dichotomously divided before ending in pinnate laminas, ending elongated pinnules with superficial sori. The distinctive feature is that the undersides of the pinnules are hairy and the pinnules arise almost at right angles from the midrib.
 

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